Hundreds of Filipino nurses have reported a rise in discrimination and racist attacks in the week after articles in the Daily Mail newspaper attacked Filipino workers.

The racist headline on its spread complained, “NHS still hiring Filipino nurses” after nurse Victorino Chua was found guilty of murdering two patients and poisoning 19 more.

Glenda is a nurse from the Philippines who works in a London hospital. She told Socialist Worker, “One Filipino nurse was walking to work and someone shouted ‘Killer’ at her. Another was asked by a patient if she was ‘safe’.

“How long will this go on for?”

Nurses reported their worries on a Facebook page showing the Mail spread. It has become an organising hub for those angered by its prejudice.

Sakina works in Guy’s and St Thomas’ in south London. She told Socialist Worker, “When Andrew Hutchinson was convicted for raping all those patients, people didn’t say he was a ‘British nurse’. Why say Victorino Chua was a ‘Filipino nurse’.”